We have been playing around with our daily routine a bit and have found two things that are working well for us. For the past two weeks, we have a quiet hour after dinner. One child does the dishes and we turn off tv and computers. No one speaks during this hour (that was a [...]

Whenever I think of graduation, I think of high school and college.  I always forget about those little graduations of 5th grade and 8th grade. This year my middle child graduated from 5th grade and will be moving on to the middle school next year. It’s a bit scary having another middle schooler in the [...]

So I have some excellent news to share. I have a new car! I have been researching cars for quite some time now. During tax season I kept trying to put money aside for a down payment but unfortunately too many emergencies popped up and I couldn’t really save like I wanted. This past Friday [...]

It’s Spring Break and as usual, this means I get to stay home during the day with the kids. Having 3 of them to entertain can be a daunting deal unless your smart about it. We have been doing some deep cleaning this week. Not a rigid schedule, we have tackled a room (or rooms) [...]

We celebrated Ostara with our public ritual on March 17th. We had a smaller turnout than our usual but I think that’s because most everyone was out drinking for St. Patrick’s Day. It was okay though, we had a pretty good time. I was very pleased with the overflowing over our donations basket. We use [...]